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There is a significantly higher risk of isolation and vulnerability among older LGBT people

Sir, As a mental health worker who is also a gay man, I should point out that
in 2010 Age Concern identified twice as many older lesbian, gay and bisexual
people who have no partner, two-and-a-half times more of them who live
alone, and four-and-a-half times more with no children, when compared with
the general older population (“250,000
elderly Britons alone and lonely at Christmas”, Nov 29). More recent
research by Stonewall confirms a significantly higher risk of isolation and
vulnerability of older LGBT people compared with the general elderly
population.

Clive Spendlove
Bradford, W Yorks

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